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Colin McElwee

Co FounderWorldreader

Biography

As co-founder of Worldreader, Colin focuses on developing and growing key partnerships, putting to good use his for-profit and non-profit experience across the globe. Worldreader gives access to ebooks where paper books seldom arrive (Africa, India and South America). Please talk to him about books and education.

Previously he was Director of Marketing at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, and also worked in global marketing for many years in the consumer goods sector for Scottish & Newcastle Breweries.

He has previously acted as an invited member of the Global Agenda Council on Africa of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and in 2016 Colin was recognised as one of the Social Entrepreneurs of the Year by the Schwab Foundation of the WEF. He is also a founding member of Catalyst 2030.

He has two daughters and they live in the amazing and dynamic city of Barcelona. Colin has a degree in economics from the University of Manchester and an MBA from ESADE Business School.